Carrying frame for fishing poles

Claim 1

A hand carrying device for supporting a plurality of elongated structures therefrom, said device including spaced portions thereof from which support structures comprising clamp holding members are mounted adapted to engage longitudinally spaced portions of elongated structures for removable support of the latter from said support structures, said carrying device comprising an upstanding rectangular frame including a pair of vertically spaced upper and lower elongated members and a pair of opposite end upstanding elongated members extending and interconnected between corresponding ends of said upper and lower members, said upstanding members comprising said spaced portions, said upper, lower and upstanding members comprising channel members of generally C-shape cross section with the free ends of the legs thereof each terminating in successive right angled inturned first and second flanges, threaded nut sleeves mounted in the ends of each of said elongated members including inner heads underlying the corresponding second flanges and non-circular shank portions slidingly received between the opposing surfaces of the corresponding second flanges with the latter preventing rotation of said sleeves, and angle braces connecting pairs of adjacent ends of said elongated members by means of threaded bolts secured through said angle braces and threadedly engaged in said sleeves.